good morning, america. we have breaking news, elizabeth taylor dead at the age of 79. the legendary life and love of the actress in her own words. we'll talk to some of those who knew her best from barbara walters and life-long friend, liz smith. there's breaking news from japan this morning. nuclear fallout. radiation, now, poisoning tokyo's tap water. officials warning the water supply's unsafe for babies to drink. plus the first pictures from inside the evacuation zone.

and you may have heard of what happened when robin interviewed chris brown. what happened when the cameras stopped rolling. right here on "gma." and good morning, everyone. all of our viewers in the west. george is taking time off. great to have dave muir with us. >> good morning, so sad. >> so sad, we're learning about the in legendary actress, liz taylor passing away. she died of congestive heart failure. surrounded the her four children. >> she was hospitaled six weeks ago, her condition stabilized. it was hoped she could return home. obviously not to be. one of her sons calling her an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest with great passion, humor and love. we'll talk to our friend in a

few minutes. >> liz taylor with those beautiful violet eyes. >> i know. >> she went on to film 50 h films, married 8 times, twice to richard burton. sharyn alfonsi has more on liz taylor's extraordinary life. she was just 12 years old when she filmed "national velvet" in 1954. >> she grew to be one of the most beautiful women in hollywood. she was maggie in "hot tin roof." >> is it a wonder? do you know what i feel like? i feel like a cat on a hot tin roof.

>> reporter: by the time she played cleopatra in 1963, she was one of the most famous women in the world and the highest paid. she made what was a fortune at the time, $1 million to taunt julius caesar. >> play conqueror all you want, mighty caesar. >> reporter: as an actress, there was far more to her than beauty. she won the oscar for best actress, twice. for "butterfield 8," in 1960. and for possibly the role of her life in "who's afraid of virginia woolf" in 1966. the passion on screen barely kept pace with her real life. she married seven meant. conrad hilton. michael wilding. mike todd, killed in a plane crash, and eddie fisher. her stormy romance with richard burton, whom she met on the set of "cleopatra" was a drama all by itself. they married and divorced twice.

she worried u.s. senator, john warner and larry fortensky, a construction worker she met in rehab at the betty ford clinic. her own story from story book beginning, to tragedy. poor health. later, using her fame to sell perfume. she also used her influence to raise millions of dollars to fight against aids. >> i call on the u.s. government to lead the charge, with the sole intent of finding an hiv vaccine. >> reporter: she was given the oscar a third time for her humanitarian work. but for all of her accomplishments, elizabeth taylor will be remembered like this. ♪ film preserves an image. and it preserves elizabeth taylor as one of the last great movie stars. sharyn alfonsi, abc news. oh those great black and

white pictures. someone who knew elizabeth taylor well is our friend barbara walters. she joins us live from the set of "the view." thank you for sharing time with us, barbara. we knew she was in poor health. but the news takes everyone back so sad. barbara. >> the man that was close to her and helping to take care of her, was very devoted. expected her to become better. she was in the hospital but doing well. i think it's a surprise that she died. we who were in touch felt that she might make it. elizabeth taylor once said to me robin, she couldn't remember a time she wasn't famous for her acting, her illnesses, her jewelry, movies and husbands. all of those husbands. and when i talked with her at one point, which was after the marriage to larry fortensky.

richard burton she always said was the love of her life. she knew they would be together again somewhere. she was disillusioned with marriage and in 1997 a year after she divorced larry fortensky, she talked about her views of marriage and men. i think we have that clip. >> but you have said that you love being in love. you always want to be in love. >> i've been in love so many time, i think i've had t. >> what about marriage? >> oh, god, no. >> really? you said that before. >> i know but i really mean it. if you hear of me getting married, slap me. >> deep down, is there anything that you still long for? >> oh just to go on feeling good, and healthy. and to be able to do constructive things, to be able to do things for aids like getting my ass out of this house, and going to new york, or

going to texas, or whatever i have to do to raise money. i would give up movies in a second. to be healthy enough and well enough to work for aids. >> have you ever thought of what you wanted on your tombstone? >> here lies liz, she lived. no, i don't like liz, i hate that name. >> well -- >> here lies elizabeth, she hated being called liz. >> but she lived. >> boy, did she ever. i have to tell you, barbara, every time you sat down with her, we learned more and more about her and her sense of humor, what was the movie that she wants to be remembered for?

>> well, i think -- you know the movie that was her greatest acting role was "who's afraid of virginia woolf." she just left us laughing now, she has a sauciest sense of humor. from this gorgeous face came from fairly special words. that's one of the reasons that i did love her. she was salty. she was down to earth. she never took herself that serious limit and i don't think that she realized what a great actress she was, because she was so beautiful. and that's what was noted first. but, boy as she said she lived. >> she did live. and you showed us sides of her that you hadn't seen before. >> the love of her life richard burton. >> i know you and the ladies of "the view" are going to have a lot to talk about this morning, barbara thank you very much barbara. david. >> all right. rob, thank you. we want to turn to elizabeth

taylor's life-long friend liz smith. liz, good morning, i'm sorry for your loss. >> well, thank you. it is a loss to everybody. she was the greatest star. >> she really was. and so incredibly beautiful inside and out. you met elizabeth taylor in 1965. >> she, she and richard burton had been married a year and i went to interview them in paris. and she was a little stand-offish at first. but he kidded her, and then they ended up asking me to go to lunch with them. and this was a great coo to be in paris with the burtons. we became real friends. she was just a remarkable human being, a terrific mother lover, actress, everything. >> and i thought the films she made with burton particularly reflected their life together. you know brawling and fighting and kissing and making up and drinking too much.

>> you said once when asked if she had to travel to a deserted island, what she would bring with her? >> oh, yeah. she said she'd take vaseline and tweezers. >> a beauty true to form. >> she was funny. you know she had a great sense of humor, i gave her a t-shirt with the most beautiful harry benson photograph of herself on it, and i said this is what 60 looks like. and she put it on. she was having a birthday party at disneyland, so she wore that shirt all night. >> liz you know she and richard were this globe-frosting couple, and i'm so envious that you traveled the world with them. what were they like to travel with, be friends with? >> they spent all of their time fighting and one-upping each other, in front of other people. but i think they were madly in love. they couldn't get along eventually with each other, and they couldn't do without each other. you know they remarried after

they divorced. and then they divorced again. so, it was one of those things. it was truly tempestuous. >> you were aware of her sending chocolates even from her hospital room. >> she sent me beautiful chock lots on my birthday, february 2 2nd. that's the last time i was in touch to her. she went to the hospital shortly after that. she was upbeat no matter what. she was a philosopher of life. she's seen and done everything. >> if you can offer the country a couple words to remember your friend, what would you say this morning? >> well, i would say she galvanized and activated the aids fight and this is something she should be remembered for, philanthropy. >> she brought incredible awareness to that long before so many others did. liz smith, life-long friend of elizabeth taylor who met back in

1965 and remained friends ever since. thanks so much. >> great pleasure and privilege. thank you. >> our privilege to have liz smith. what see shade before she came on the air, she really did have lavender eyes. >> you could hear in liz's voice, the passion and love that she had for her. very interesting how elizabeth did not want to be called liz. >> we'll go with liz smith and elizabeth taylor. >> let's bring in chris connelly. thank you for rushing in -- >> it's sad air in here. great life to celebrate. wonderful life to celebrate. talk about somebody we talk about embod dig everything a celebrity. child star, enormous beauty. heartache. enormous romances illnesses, she won as many acting oscars as merrill streep. reinvention over and over again, and finally that tremendous love

triangle she had in the early '60s. everything talked about that and ups and downs of her movie career and wonderful activism at the end. she was a constant topic of conversation. think what modern celebrity is, reinvention, coming back. the way we always root for somebody, she always -- i guess she inscribe thad art for everyone to follow. she was like elvis presley that way. in a sense. >> we could talk about her for so many different reasons, chris. she was a heck of an actress. >> she really was. sometimes that's lost because what barbara said or liz saying it. she was so beautiful she didn't realize what a great actress she was. >> look at "virginia woolf." almost looks like a reality show. what were the '60s like. we were fascinated by seeing the two together. what they had gone through being together. the ups and downs of that relationship with richard burton just fascinated people. more and more cover of magazines.

it was the story everyone talked about. that's where that word liz played. how many magazine covers was that word "liz" on over the years. we loved the ups and downs. >> she talked about her loves. she said mike todd taught her how to love and what love was. and richard burton i'll be back together with. i don't know when and where. >> sometimes you wanted to avert your eyes their passion was so great. they were really hot for each other. it was fun to see. she was willing to risk everything to be with him. following that was one of the classic stories no one could get enough of. something out of mythology. we love to have a seat watching her live that life to the fullest. >> what will you remember most about her? >> those violet eyes what a beauty throughout her entire life. that beauty can endure that beauty was so burnished by the work she did on behalf of aids and friendship she made with other child actors like michael jackson, people famous at an early age.

she understood what that life was like. that was a key relationship with him. >> you saw the interview with barbara in 1999. if i can get out of this house. right to the end. liz smith said. >> the spark never went away. that's what we loved about her. >> thank you for coming in to help us remember elizabeth taylor. >> we're going to turn to other news, to japan where there's developments overnight. involves the nuclear plant, putting the water supply in jeopardy. in fact we learned tokyo's tap watt certify now two-times the limit for radioactive iodine safe for infants. david wright is covering that story for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning this. say city of 30 million people. as you can imagine, that's a big demand for bottled water radiation tests showing high

levels of iodine. in a televised news conference today, a top official with the tokyo water department, warns citizens in tokyo and surrounding areas, that infants should not use tap water. for infants, the recommended limit for exposure iodine 131. for adults, it's 300. the amount in the tokyo water supply stands at 210. today, the governor of tokyo urged citizens to stay calm insisting there's no immediate threat. the chief spokesman for the national government asked citizens not to hoard bottled water. don't buy more than you need, he pleaded. the announcement about the water ratchets up the anxiety about the troubled reactor. and today, the the u.s. department of energy offered its own reality check of the can tam nation problem. this map created through data gathered by aerial flyovers said the problem is worst closest to the reactors. this is what it looks like on the ground inside the exclusion zone. the town just 16 miles from the reactor, the streets are empty.

but eerily, the street lights still work. local authorities go door-to-door to check on the people who still live here, including this elderly man. his daughter, on the phone, is worried about him. we're fine, he tells her. your mother is getting plenty of sleep. and we've still got some sake. here in tokyo, the big concern is not the supply of sake, but the amount of bottled water. the order applies to all 23 of tokyo's neighborhoods, plus 5 surrounding cities. and one of those surrounding cities, at a convenience store shortly after this announcement was made, they ran out of bottled water in 20 minutes. david? >> incredible. that will be the next hurdle in japan. david wright in japan for us this morning. >> robin. let's turn to libya where the air strikes are intensifying. looks like colonel gadhafi rallies to move on.

martha raddatz is in washington. has the latest on all of this. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this war is not dying down. and gadhafi's forces are not backing off, with vicious attacks overnight on opposition forces. as the military operation enters its fifth day, at least in public, moammar gadhafi shows little sign of giving up. delivering a fiery speech to supporters on state tv. it was his first appearance since the air strikes. saying, we will be victorious in the end. about r but, in fact sources tell me, that he's moving around all of the time. he is paranoid. he is very anxious and i don't blame him, robin, with awful those cruce miss cruise those cruise missiles coming down. >> let's talk about the pilot rescue yesterday. you have details. >> reporter: i do. there's one fascinating note about the rescue of the pie lost the downed u.s. fighter jet. since then we've learned that the rescue of the weapons officer that took most of the day was facilitated by this

incredible stroke of luck. turns out a libyan citizen that helped find him used to work in the embassy in tripoli and remembered how to contact the state department. he got his cell phone out, called the separations center and told them where the weapons officer had landed. >> can't make that stuff up. he that's amazing. of course you know that. >> great story. >> martha thank you. thanks for that insight. it's 19 minute achs the hour. we're here live on the west coast. sam, is it still raining here in times square? >> yes, still raining, looking up at the window. it's the same on the west coast. temperatures bailey in the 40s from santa monica to the east. if you are traveling east. let's show you what it looks like. most of the coastal areas will not get as much accumulation to the inland areas. too the west coast, here's some heavy rain. getting into l.a. a little later on this morning, looking cloudy right now.

but the heaviest rain in the valley. sacramento getting pounded with heavy rain. san francisco as well with who is 2 to 3 inches of rain if you're in those areas. a look at the board in case you're traveling everywhere. throughout the southeast everything is looking good but there is that snow a little bit around the great lakes to new york city. that will probably be around tonight.

and it is chilly and damp in times square and also on the west coast barely getting to 59 degrees today. >> all right. sam, we'll let you come in eventually. >> yes, we will. you heard about chris brown yesterday. that was the amazing concert he put on. real questions what happened afterwards we'll get to that coming up. >> yes, we will. >> and we'll have the latest baby go viral. what made this little guy go from fright to joy in an

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as rain picks up. they advise residents to move until the road is improved. several hot spots at bay bridge toll plaza. we do have traffic backed up to the west grand overcolorado go. 15 minute wait time. into san francisco there is a wind advisory for the bay bridge. contra costa county live look at walnut creek traffic is in a standstill in 680 heading into the san ramone valley. slow also on westbound 4 out of antioch. >> eric: thank you very much. mike 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we're looking southeast where some of the heavier showers are falling right now. you can see it on live doppler 7 hd. santa clara valley and to a lesser extent as you head to the north. the drying trend cold front moving across the bay right now. scattered showers this afternoon. temperatures in the mid to upper on a. heaviest rain will be this time tomorrow and thunder and small hail and flooding. >> eric: news continues now with "good morning america"

♪ ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah i want to see you tonight ♪ who knew it would be the kick seen around the world. yesterday morning on "good morning america," we were so excited to have chris brown on the program. this is already a hit all over the world. "yeah 3x." seen around 3 million times. >> number one on itunes he had the big album debut yesterday. >> came on the program. you asked him some questions. we'll get into what happened behind the scenes coming up in the next half hour. >> yes, we will. that's coming up. and baby, baby, youtube's tiniest star. puts it simply, every time we see that, it's going to light up our morning. >> seen 9 million times around the world. >> you've seen it about 1 million. >> i'm responsible for 1 million of those hits. also this hour, billy ray

cyrus, his most candid interview yet. another robin roberts interview talking about his daughter miley, her career, how fame actually tore the family apart. it's quite revealing, quite truthful and it's coming up. >> that's coming up in our 8:00 half hour. you may have heard about chris brown's appearance here on tuesday. he and i had a brief interview. then, he performed a single from his hit, new album. it was what happened after that performance that unfortunately made headlines. and our andrea canning tells us what happened next and the reaction. >> reporter: there's been a lot of reaction. good morning, robin. chris brown did become very angry backstage here in our studios. talking about his past clearly touched a nerve. and his behavior, now has everyone talking. >> a shattered window, which chris allegedly destroyed after he stormed off the "gma" stage. >> there he is shirtless, storming out of the studio. >> brown reportedly used a chair to smash a window in his dressing room. >> i guess he's not a morning person.

>> reporter: it's the interview that set off a firestorm. >> recently, the restraining order that rihanna had against you has been relaxed. have you seen each other? been around each other? >> i mean, not really. it's not really a big deal to me now, as far as that situation. the album is what i wanted to talk about. not the stuff that happened two years ago. >> reporter: chris brown had agreed to talk about his past on "gma." ♪ ♪ move your body on the floor ♪ >> reporter: after this performance, he grew angry and stormed backstage with his team. at one point, a cooler was thrown. and this window was broken in his dressing room. at that point, he left the building with his shirt off. >> how are you doing? everybody. >> reporter: brown then headed to an art gallery, after tweeting, i'm so over people bringing this past expletive up. yet, we praise charlie sheen and other celebs for their expletive. a point debated on "the view." >> somebody backstage said, he's a thug, chris brown.

why didn't you call charlie sheen a thug? >> he is a thug. >> but i've never heard that word. >> reporter: late last night at his album release party, fans had this to say. >> we all make mistakes. it happens. >> reporter: robin conducted one of the first interviews with chris brown after his 2009 sentencing. >> i was wrong for what i did. i would definitely say that. it's not something out of the past or to look over. it's something that's really touchy. like i said, i'm really sorry for what went down and what happened. >> reporter: and throughout the day yesterday, brown tweeted a series of very positive messages, telling his fans he loves them. saying he was humbled by all the support he received. >> i got a few tweets myself. >> i love how it was your second day on twitter, robin. >> you know this and david knows this. anytime we have a guest here on the program, we let them know

ahead of time the subject matter, the topics that we're going to discuss. and even right before the interview, i said that to chris. i was shocked like everybody else. we've had a wonderful relationship. i've spent time with him, as andrea pointed out in the piece. at his home, he was very gracious. and we had a very easy conversation. you saw me laughing during the interview because when he was doing that, i thought he was joking about some things because of the easy relationship that we have. and i'm glad that we've extended an invitation. we'd love to have him back, that he's considering that. >> you were moved in your previous interviews with him how candid he was, saying i'm sorry. >> exactly. >> as we said good-bye yesterday on the show, he had just performed. he had blown us all away here. let's cue the tape. here we are saying good-bye yesterday. we didn't know he left the studio. >> no idea. >> we cued up the video again because we thought, who possibly moves like this? >> exactly. >> we've always known his talent. >> and wish him the absolute best.

again, we are sending the invitation to him. i sure hope he takes you us up on it. would love to have another chat with him. let's move on and cue some laughing babies. nothing like babies to move us forward. a bit of a lighter note. this is a video that perhaps you have seen. you can watch it 1 million times. in fact, people have. more than 9 million times this has been viewed on the internet. you're going to meet baby emerson right here. but first, bianna golodryga on how he and other tots have skyrocketed to fame. here's bianna. >> reporter: who doesn't love watching babies explode with laughter? 5-month-old emerson is the latest superstar in diapers. watching his mom blow her nose, emerson seems torn between sheer joy and horror. back in the day, if a parent wanted to share their babies laugh with the masses, they

would send a video to, say, "america's funniest home videos." but in 2005, youtube came along, making it easier for moms and dads to turn their babies into internet sensations. baby videos have gone viral. some getting millions of hits. 2 million people have watched this toddler dance her blues away. while 1 million saw this crying tot soothed by the powers of reggae. ♪ >> reporter: baby mica can't get enough of paper being torn. a pastime this fellow even enjoyed so much, he can't stay seated upright. not much viewers have trouble with. 38 million people stayed glued to their seat to see him get bowled over by laughter. the youtube video with the most views ever? a little music video called "baby." but on the list of the top-ten youtube videos of all-time, only

one video is a home video. and that video features a baby. well, two of them. >> ouch. ow! >> reporter: a video called charlie bit my finger comes in at number five on the most-watched list with nearly 300 million views. >> charlie bit me. and that really hurt. >> reporter: charlie is laughing. and so are all the other baby superstars out there. but as for emerson, well, his mom's cold is no laughing matter. or is it? for "good morning america," bianna golodryga, abc news. and so, we're joined, now, by the star himself, baby emerson. his mom, karen. his dad, mike. they come to us from london, ontario, this morning. good morning. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> i'm sure emerson gets you up

early every morning. >> he does. >> i have to admit, i'm probably responsible for 1,000 of the hits on youtube. when i first started watching this video over the weekend are you surprised at the number of people, more than 9 million, who viewed this, karen? >> oh, wow. we didn't know it was up to high. yeah. we're shocked. we were planning on sending it out to a few close families and friends. it just exploded. >> that's the wild thing. you'd never gone on youtube to post a video before. you put it up there, initially, for your closest friends, right? >> yeah. yeah. exactly. i just learned how to upload it that day. >> so, take me back to the moment, the starring moment. were you in the kitchen? you had a cold? >> yeah. i was really sick. had been sick for about a week. kept blowing my nose. and that morning was the first morning he started laughing afterwards. i got the camera out. and started recording. >> you mentioned the laugh. we saw what came before the laugh, sheer panic. when you saw that, what were you

thinking that he was thinking? >> i wasn't sure. obviously, he was really scared. he was laughing after, so i knew he was okay. >> and dad, michael, when you first saw that video? >> i was just glad she captured the moment. she texted me at work and said she got a great video of him. and i was really glad that we captured it. it's nice to get these moments. >> that baby is so cute sitting on your lap. those giant eyes. about as gerber baby as it comes. can you tell me a little about emerson himself? does he laugh often? >> yeah. he's a happy baby. we're lucky. he loves his parents and his toys, very happy. >> it's not very nice though of his mom to scare him like that. >> no, no. it wasn't. i have been getting a little bit of grief for that. >> and i hear dad often makes emerson laugh himself. what's the trick? if you can't sneeze or blow your nose, what do you do to make the little guy laugh? >> i think he likes a lot of attention. when i play with him after work,

if i'm just playing and goofing around with him, lifting him up in the air and stuff, he laughs a lot. it's a good feeling to see him. >> see if we can make him smile for all of america here. >> come here, buddy. hey. what's up? there it is. hey. >> that's it. he is saying, what is going on here? we won't make you blow your nose. i understand he's now desensitized from it. he doesn't freak out in any kind of way when you blow your nose anymore, right? >> no. he's used to it now. >> and i couldn't help but notice, we watched the video before we came on the air this morning. and i noticed the google ad popped up. and you're putting the money from those ads to a great cause. you're going to send him to school one day. >> that's our plan. we're going to put it in his education fund. >> thanks for getting up so early with us. when emerson gets older, tell him he did a great job on "good morning america."

>> okay, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> i hope i'm back here in 20 years to do the follow-up interview with emerson. when he says, you guys did that to me? >> i hope he has those big eyes. >> what a cute baby. sam champion in the snow. what's going on? it's kind of a joke now that spring's started. >> i know. good morning, david and robin. it's a sigh of relief. for major east coast cities. we're measuring it in wet rain today in major east coast cities. but inland areas have certainly picked up some snow. it's a long line of wintry weather in this first spring storm to travel across the country. wauwatosa had some snow. we had reports of 11 inches of snow to 14 inches of snow. look at this storm animation. south of that lineup what will be wintry weather is a very violent patch of storms today. so, we're really concerned about that area shaded in red. stay up with your local abc stations. quick look at the outlook, as we talk about what's going on on the west coast. we have some heavy rain that moved into the valley today. and that means some flooding all the way through the good part of the valleys in northern

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we took a pet. in this case, not a real one. it was nemo. at the end of the day, we managed to wrack up more in hidden fees than we did in the ticket itself. step one, buy a ticket. $360. >> thank you for calling united airlines. >> reporter: if you do it over the phone, that's 25 bucks extra. step two, getting to the airport, where you don't even have to try to spend money. extra leg room. i need it. it almost gets spent for you. extra miles. $33 for extra miles. why not? triple miles. bags. two bags. plus, overweight, 55 pounds. 160 bucks for a bag. what do you think? and my carry-on was too big. another $100. >> do you have a puppy in here? >> reporter: i have a like puppy here. this is not a real pet. but we paid the real 125 bucks. ticket, bags, nemo, time to get on the plane.

time to put the credit card away? not for me. the good news, you can watch about 100 channels. the not so good news, is it costs 6 bucks and you have to use this again. >> not bad, $24.08. and i would have bought a blanket if they had them. in our trip, we wracked up $540 in extras. the ticket ran $398.70. it could have been worse if i had flown frontier after a moose hunt. i couldn't check the moose. if i wanted to bring the antlers, there's a $100 antler charge. if you can believe that. on the ground, we met our fair genie, who proposed a way to save. package deals. >> here's how. the airlines are more comfortable lowering their prices as part of a package than the stand-alone prices. >> reporter: robin, the airlines have been reeling from the soaring ticket prices. they've tried to impose a number of hikes over the past several months.

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♪ the voice, the music, the words of billy ray cyrus. we're going to hear more words from him. candid conversation, talking about the whole thing, what he took on his family. what he says he could have done differently as a dad. and a promise to his superstar daughter, miley. we have that coming up. we say good morning, america. george is taking some time off. it's great to have david muir here this week. >> great to be by yourself. also coming up this half hour. royal insider this morning. so lucky to have her. she knows prince william and prince harry. and she was there following princess diana's death.

this morning, what we didn't know about the wedding and the boys in their formative years. >> we keep learning more and more about the wedding. and the nanny cam that's gone to the dogs. want to know what your dog's doing when you're not around? you can put on a doggy cam to track all his mischief. look at that. marty becker is here. it's one of the great, new gadgets. we'll show you that's heading to your pet store. >> get on the treadmill. first, juju chang is back at the newsdesk, after a couple of days off. great to have her back again, as well. >> good morning, everyone. we begin by remembering hollywood legend, elizabeth taylor who pass add way in los angeles this morning at age 79. she died of congestive heart failure. our dianaal ail villar look back at her life. >> her career started at the age

of 12 when she starred in "national velvet." >> throughout the 50s she teamed with some of hollywood's leading men including montgomery clifton. james dean and paul newman in "cat on a hot tin roof." >> taylor silenced those who criticized her acting ability by winning two academy awards. and won second oscar for the role "who's afraid of virginia woolf." which she starred with richard burton. taylor met burton while filming the epic "cleopatra." >> you will kneel. >> reporter: of her highly publicized eight marriages, taylor eventually married burton twice.

those stormy relationships ended in divorce. >> it was almost like everything was too much. we loved each other, almost too much. >> reporter: most of taylor's husbands were rich and powerful men from conrad hilton jr. to producer mike todd who died in a plane crash to singer eddie fisher. her choice for last husband was a unlikely one. unknown carpenter michael fortensky. they married at neverland ranch. taylor and jackson were good friended. he honored her for her 63rd birthday. >> i want to thank you all for wing here. for supporting me. >> reporter: the televised event was held days before she underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. in 1961 she nearly dpried

pneumonia. she also fought a continuing battle for her weight turning to booze and diet pills for salvation. >> i consumed inordinate amounts of alcohol and combined with pills, it was deadly. >> reporter: it was her own medical problems that may have open eyes to the plight of others whrksher friend rock hudson died from aids. >> from her days as a rising star, to her reign and queen of hollywood she was the definition of a movie goddess. diane alvear abc new, hollywood. and breaking news overseas a bomb exploded in a crowded bus stop in jerusalem. 2 dozen people injured, many critically. it's the first bus bombing in jerusalem since 2004.

and there is new concern about radiation spreading in japan. the tap water tokyo has been deemed unsafe for infants. radioactive iodine levels is twice the normal level but is still safe for adults are who are not pregnant. diane sawyer has brain exercises for us. has memory games. >> we'll tell you how to train your memory. where you left your keys passports? simple training will do it all. tonight on "world news," don't forget. >> now sam with the weather. >> good morning, juju welcome back. everybody is huddled. it's a cool rain. it is national puppy day. is that for real? or did you make up a sign? >> it is national puppy day. we're here from wellness food for pets to support puppies.

>> for adoption? >> yes. >> this is bella. >> she knows her name. >> turn around. good shot of bella. and this is wiens. >> wiens the wiener dog. >> let's go to the board. one or two thing we want to talk about. start with the flooding. as you look at the middle of the country, we're getting heavy snow in the northern line and rain in the southern section. heavy snow atted to the snow back, this is not a good situation. we know that by the end of the weekend we'll have high water to the flood zone. keep up with your abc stations there. also in central california we're getting heavy rain. 1 to 3 inches of rain. that's a real problem for the valleys this. is another area there's a lot of flood watches and warnings out. these storms will pop. i think from richmond to washington, d.c. we'll see strong to severe storms angling there as well. dry around that line of storm, today, cities along the

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billy ray cyrus is a busy man. dad of father of miley cyrus. he's making headlines about his daughter and what it did for his family. he sat down with me recently to set the record state. >> i love "hannah montana." i love disnicht i wouldn't change this experience for anything. >> you're just a kid. >> i'm your kid. >> billy ray cyrus, is singing a decidedly different tune after giving "gq" magazine which he said the disney show "hannah montana" destroyed my family. it if always seemed things were going well. do you stand by those comments that you made in "gq." >> i did my interview two weeks before christmas in the midst of a divorce, much separated from

my family. it was a mess surrounded in darkness, and "gq" the writer and photographer showed up. >> you didn't mean any of those things? >> here's where i'm at. >> okay. >> right now, there's a lot of positive communication between me and my family. you know, i love my family more than anything in the world. and that family extends out into the disney family. i have a lot of great friends at disney. i love the company. i love what they stand for. >> some critics will say, wait a minute. you're backtracking now. how do you convince us that's not the case? >> as far as convincing anybody of anything, i don't have to do that. i just want to put my family back together. >> reporter: recently, billy ray and his wife called off their divorce. but billy ray admits that rebuilding his family, and specifically his relationship with miley, is still difficult. was she upset with you after reading the article? >> i think we were all upset with me.

>> were you on the outs? >> it wasn't good. what i meant to say and what i hope i said was, fame can be a dangerous animal. and it's a delicate thing. ♪ yeah it's a party in the usa ♪ >> reporter: fame and youth. it's a delicate balance that his daughter, miley, is learning to navigate, as she grows up in the limelight. and the rest of the world watches her every move and misstep. we've seen the picture with the bong and salvia which miley has since apologized for. do you feel there's still people in her life that don't have her best interest at heart? >> i think that, most importantly, miley has a great heart. she's very intelligent. and she will make good choices. she knows right from wrong. she's got a great heart, great spirit. and i trust miley. >> at times do you feel you were

trying to be too much of a friend than a dad to your daughter? >> i look back on it. and i know that i did kind of approach being a dad as a friend. and maybe i could have done some things different. >> do you feel you've been given another chance? >> i still think that my kids need a dad. and i can promise them that i'll come back in and do the very best that i can do. and i may be persecuted for saying it. but i still want to be miley's friend. i want to be that person that she comes to talk to, for good, bad, indifferent. i want to be the person she wants to talk to. and i just want her to trust and know that i love her more than life itself. and i'll be by her side through the good and the bad. >> she's got plenty of friends. she needs a daddy. >> i promise you. i'll do my best to be a good dad.

>> reporter: while he may struggle with parenting, billy ray is clearly a man passionate about his family and the lessons to be learned from their experiences. and that extends to learning about a deadly lung disease, copd, that afflicted his grandfather. >> does it run in the family? >> the great thing about this go to drive4copd.com. you can take the five-question screener and find out if you're a candidate for copd. i took the screener. and i came out good. ♪ she's going to do what she's going to do ♪ >> reporter: taking each day with its blessings is a mantra for billy ray. most importantly, recognizing as his kids grow up, his role as a dad needs to evolve. let me play you a clip. this is the first time that you and your daughter, miley, came on the show. >> i used to go to work with him all the time. now, it's like he's going to work with me, which is really weird.

>> when you look back, is there something you would tell your daughter, the things that you know now, that you would tell her then, and something you would tell yourself, knowing what happened? >> i look back on it. to me, just realized that it probably wasn't long before that interview right there, that i wrote the song, "ready, set, don't go." ♪ even if she asked me to tag along ♪ >> i knew that it was -- my little girl was going to grow up. i didn't realize that it was going to happen, like, so huge, so quick, so enormous, around the world, that, you know, she would become, you know, the next big superstar, you know? i look back on it now and just wish we would have just, maybe, enjoyed the ride just a little bit more. ♪ please don't go ♪ >> and we should mention that

billy ray is compensated for his work on the cma copd campaign. very passionate about that. we're delighted to hear that the family is healing and coming back together. >> i love what he said what he learned after doing that "gq" interview. what he taught himself. >> he said, you shouldn't do an interview when you're in a dark place. it's like going to the grocery store when you're hungry. it's not the right thing to do. >> get a cart full of quotes you didn't want. >> you pointed this out. i thought it was interesting. tish put on facebook after your interview, his wife. our family weathered a huge storm. i feel we are stronger than we've ever been. much love. you're the best. when we come back here, a peek inside the palace, with the royal insider. she's here with us this morning. and she knows princes william and harry, a lot better than we do. can't wait. they're so confident their miles are better, they'll match the miles you've earned on your airline credit card -- up to 100,000 -- on a new venture card. it's unbelievable. believe it.

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great to have you with us on a wednesday morning. and our royal diary this morning, a rare perspective on the windsors. colleen harris was the press secretary for prince charles. and also william and harry from 1998 to 2003. she is our abc news royal

contributor. and she joins us with insight on the wedding a few weeks away. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you very much. great to be here. >> you were with these boys right after they lost their mother, princess diana. >> yes. >> you joined six months after? >> that's right. princess died in august. and i joined in april '98. it was still a very raw time for all of the princes. they had been through a very, very difficult period. and they were making a recovery. but if you think back, they'd already gone through the trauma of the separation of their parents. and then, the divorce. and then, finally, and sadly, their mother died. so, it had been a very difficult time. for the prince of wales, or prince charles, as you call him, and william and harry. >> so much has been written about this, as you know, colleen. about so few people lived it with the boys and with their father. prince charles, you saw a much different father behind the scenes, didn't you? >> he gets a lot of negative coverage, actually. and he's portrayed as being a rather cold and distant father.

and that's not the person i saw when i worked there. he was very close to his sons. very supportive. and he guided them through this very difficult period. and i think there's a testament to that now. you can see two very sensible, rather charming young men. and that didn't happen by accident. >> and after so much friction with his wife at the time, princess diana, and going through that divorce, you witnessed a father being very supportive about a mother that these boys were truly heartbroken over. >> exactly. it's not to say that the prince of wales himself wasn't heartbroken over her death. it was a sad loss for him, as well. but he did have to be there for the boys and help them through. and on the occasions i saw them all together, it was a very loving and gently amusing relationship between the three boys. and he did step in when necessary, as a disciplinarian, as well. >> let's talk about the wedding, if we can. >> okay. >> we'll turn the attention to what's coming up in a few weeks' time.

there's so much protocol with the royal family, as you know, colleen. but let's talk about the personal. how much do you think will be personal about this wedding? >> well, what i've been told so far, and what we're seeing, it's a very personal wedding. i think william and catherine want to make it a very special day for themselves. if you think about it, catherine's experience with weddings has been rather like ours, going to a family event. and it's personal and intimate for the couple. and they're trying to do that for their own wedding. they want it to be the most special, personal, memorable day for themselves. >> and we learned here on "good morning america," about the carriages, the two options. either option will be one of the carriages that diana and charles rode in. >> yes. well, i think this is fine because, you know, for william, he wants his mother to be there in as many ways as possible. and i can understand that. i think if i was in the same situation, i would want my mother to be there, in different ways that she can.

and so, that's what they're trying to do. and i think catherine is very happy with that. >> we know there are often speeches at the wedding. three that are royal tradition. the father of the bride, who we will hear from for the first time. and the best man, prince harry. not just because he's the brother. but these guys are best buds, too, right? >> exactly. >> that's maybe not a royal term. but best chums. >> i've never used it at the palace. but we can always introduce it. >> you can try. >> yes, very close, very close brothers, indeed. a textbook relationship of the older brother and the younger brother. the older brother, slightly serious, and the younger one a little naughty. >> what do you suppose we'll hear from them? >> i think the speech will be very amusing. i can't say what the content will be exactly. but i think it will be very, very amusing. >> and prince william will give a speech, as well. >> yes. the groom does normally give a speech. yes, he does. and sometimes the bride does at some modern weds.

>> i was going to ask you. how likely do you think we will hear from kate? >> i'm not sure. i don't think she will make a speech. who knows. she's a very 25th century girl. so we may. >> and prince charles, do you expect to see any kind of tears? will we break royal tradition in that way? >> they rarely show emotion in public. and i remember going to the caribbean with the prince. and he didn't break a sweat at all. i kept saying how do you do that? i don't know. somehow, they manage to keep it quite contained until they're in private. >> do you talk with them at all? >> not very recently. but i have done, over the last few years. >> i did ask before we went on the air, if you were going to the wedding. and you said it was protocol. as a member of the staff, you weren't expecting an invitation. staff members aren't invited. >> i wasn't expecting an invitation, no. there's a great demand on numbers of people that they want there. but as it happens, i'm going to be working for abc anyway. i'll be there in a different guise.

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and rock slides thunder and lightning all in the forecast up to two inches [ cheers ] oh. we have the cat who is really turning up the volume. smokey may be the loudest feline on the planet. just listen. [ purring ] off the charts, david. we're going to put her to the sound test. >> this poor, little cat. she's lived in how many homes? >> countless homes, really. going from home to home to home. >> the owners can't take it anymore. we'll meet the cat coming up. also, we have hot, new gadgets for your pets at home. our "gma" veterinarian, road testing the products headed to stores. this is for real. this is a pug on a treadmill. you are not going to see this any place else. >> marty becker keeping a close eye.

believe it or not, we have a new look in diet food. cookies. lasagna. you could be eating your favorite comfort foods. could they really help you drop ten pounds in two weeks? that man right there, rocco dispirito will give us the details. get it started in here. we're so bad at this. we'll give it a shot. also, counting down to our britney spears concert event. we asked you to channel your inner britney. you saw what we had yesterday. they were good. they were brave. this morning, 9-year-old aaliyah has taken brittany's song, "circus." ♪ >> how sweet. she's never had a dance lesson. >> just imagine. that's right in the kitchen of her home. >> and keep in mind, we're less than one week away, david.

we have to come back for this. tuesday, march 29th. britney spears, celebrating her new cd, "femme fatale," with a "good morning america" concert. it's going to be in san francisco. the city by the bay is already buzzing. we can't wait to be there. and bring that to everybody. >> i heard juju is putting together a video. her own britney moves. >> that little girl is better than i am. no moves this morning. we'll give you more headlines this morning. we begin with a developing story out of detroit this morning. authorities say a suspicious device removed from the federal building last friday was, in fact, a bomb. the fbi is trying to determine who may have placed it in the building which houses several federal agencies. of course, the top story is the death of elizabeth taylor. she died of congestive heart failure in los angeles. she was 79. she won three oscars including a special one for humanitarian work. there's a full tribute in abcnews.com. in medical news the key to preventing high blood pressure

may already be on your breakfast table. men who eat a bowl of cereal every day have a 20% risk of not developing high blood pressure than those who eat no cereal. and finally, technology usually reserved for humans has given a miniature horse a new leash on life. 4-year-old midnight was fitted with this prosthetic limb because he was born missing part of his rear limb. people thought he would be euthanized. he's walking and running like other horses. he'll be on the treadmill in no time. hey, sam. >> good morning, juju. we're standing out in kind of spring in new york city. it's a mix of rain and sleet. but this is the first storm system that made it all across the country. we have 16 reports of tornados in this storm. one of them is confirmed. 14 states with winter weather watches, warnings or advisories out. and this storm -- by the way,

look at minneapolis-st. paul this morning. not too long ago, they did not have snow. but there's definitely snow with this storm. heavy snow in the northeast. up to a foot from pennsylvania to new england, with roads already slick. in the midwest, sirens wailed as 16 reports of early spring tornadoes and a line of spring storms swept across nebraska and iowa. 65-mile-per-hour winds, hurling debris across this highway in syracuse, nebraska. and golf ball-sized hail battered the ground, smashing windshields in winterset, iowa. it's just the third day of spring. and already, we're seeing all kinds of severe weather from coast-to-coast. >> i'm amazed. the way it's all jammed in the middle. it's filling in on both sides. >> reporter: record-breaking winter snow is melting. and residents in river bank communities on-edge. chunks of ice are filling the minnesota river, shutting down highway 93. but fargo, north dakota, is

preparing. with almost 13,000 volunteers, they filled 2.4 million sandbags since february 14th. other water problems in maine. a breach in this dam causes flooding. and caused tenants to evacuate this residential building. no word on when they can get home. in the west, landslides. this one in scotts valley, california, left a community stranded. >> it was definitely scary. >> it was a rumble, rumble, rumble for a minute and a half. >> reporter: and days of rain from the same storm sent rocks plummeting cutting off 25 homes. and it is wet in california again. it is also wet in new york. thanks to paul and landon and emma and will. i'm dry because we're using two or three umbrellas. four of them. let's get to the boards. what do you think is going on this morning as we want to talk about? as you head out the door, it's likely you will face a long line of snow in northern areas. this snow is kind of heavy from fargo to green bay.

detroit is involved in this today. into new england, don't worry so much about the major northeast cities. from philly to new york to boston. it's basically a mixture of rain in whatever falls. but it may go to snow overnight tonight. check with your local air carriers the later you travel. but the punch of strong storms around charleston, in the heart of it, could get into washington, d.c. and also into nashville. a look at the warm, dry conditions, ah, in the deep south. we are live in times square. i love you guys coming out in the rain. that's fantastic. all that weather was brought to you by edward jones. robin? >> everywhere you go, sam, he makes friends. especially ones with umbrellas on a rainy day. let's get to the very loud cat. smokey may be setting records

for the loudest purr in the world. but who else but nick watt out to investigate, huh? >> reporter: smokey seems pretty normal. furry. friendly. that's because the volume's down. crank it. unreal. almost constant. is smokey is loudest cat in the world? 92 decibels. most cats peak at 20. what does 92 decibels mean? it's louder than a washing machine. about the same as a truck engine, idling across the street. and just a fraction less than what you would hear from a jet engine as a plane comes in to land. who's a noisy kitty? >> ruth's husband wants rid of her. she gets in the way of your life? >> it can be very annoying if you're on the telephone. >> reporter: and she drowns out the tv. >> the severe storm system is -- >> reporter: hey. no one drowns out george. just think of the movies she could ruin. >> she will start a loud tone.

it seems to be at the intense part of the film. >> reporter: "gone with the wind." >> frankly, my dear -- >> reporter: "sixth sense." >> i see -- >> reporter: dirty harry. >> go ahead -- >> reporter: the guinness book of world records didn't have a category for loudest cats. they made up some rules. we tried to make them out. and clocked smokey from 3 1/2 feet away at 65 decibels. a touch below her best. does that ever get on your nerves? >> every day, it gets on my nerves. >> reporter: listens, cats purr because they're happy. for now, can we call smokey the happiest cat in the world? "good morning america," nick watt, northampton, england. >> one way of putting it. >> go ahead. >> we knew that nick would come through with it. and that is smokey's eighth home. you were asking earlier. >> eight and counting. coming up on "gma," six meals a day. >> okay.

>> six meals? >> that's how you lose weight, according to rocco dispirito in the house. he's going to explain it. and he has a quiz for robin and me. we'll see who comes out on top never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i know i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physically. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. i knew that there was something really special about this event. when you accomplish those 60 miles

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41 minutes past the hour. time, now, for "america's recipes." rocco dispirito. getting a kick out of how you were saying his name earlier. >> rocco. >> it's all the healthy eating. "now eat this." atop the best-seller list.

now, he's with "now eat this diet." >> it's good for your waistline and taste buds. rocco says you can lose ten pounds in two weeks. >> up to ten pounds in two weeks. just do the math. the average american according to a u.s. study eats 3,797 calories each day. that's almost three-times what you need to make it through a day. this diet will take you -- all the food you see here is one day's worth of food. 1,250 calories. >> wait a minute. >> this is less than half the average of the food intake. reducing your food intake. so if save 2500 calories a day, that's 1 pound a day. >> we're going to have a quiz. yeah. >> you have the cards made up so people -- >> we have the cards made up so we can explain to people how to break down the recipes and use them. we color-coded them. to make it really easy. we have blue recipes that are 350 to 450 calories. yellow, 250 to 350. green that are 150 to 250.

>> we're supposed to go with that. >> yes. this is a recipe from the breakfast section. it's scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, olives and toasted baguette. ah. let's see. before i made this over, this would be a dish that would be 610 calories. and the actual calorie amount is 214. robin, you were right. nice job. >> thank you. what do i win? i win scrambled eggs with salmon. >> you want a hug and good health. >> all right. this one. >> the next one is a crispy -- >> keep it. we're using them all. >> the next is a crispy, loaded pizza. pizza with mushrooms, sausage, peppers, basil, tomato. all of it. you're not missing anything. originally this would be a 602-calorie dish. this is one portion, by the way. now, only 316 calories. both wrong. >> who has the buzzer?

is there a buzzer going on? >> i do. we take these back. >> we take these back, right? >> the ones we didn't use. >> we put the yellow down. >> you are taking this very seriously. i love it. you had a teacher that really give you a hard time, huh? the next dish is a no-boil mushroom lasagna. lasagna, everyone loves it. kind of hard to make. i took the pain out of it. these are no-boil noodles. 100% whole wheat. and they are fantastic. you mix no-fat ricotta, with real parmesan, which happens to be low-fat because it's made with skim milk. basil. >> wow. >> parsley. a little bit of flaky sea salt. >> looks good. >> i know. doesn't it? >> and some pepper. >> i love how you do that. >> and mix it up. >> that's it? >> pretty much three steps. you start to layer it. with no-boil noodles you literally don't boil them. the water is going to come from the filling and the mushrooms that i have. mushrooms have a lot of water in them. people usually saute the mushrooms and throw the water away.

i like to use the water to cook the lasagna. >> how long does it cook? >> 40 minutes. >> ooh, i love the layers. >> you layer it up, as high as you want. and put all your favorite mushrooms in here. >> that's the end result? >> that's the end result. >> looks delicious. you have been waiting. you know, i -- i have to -- i'm not going to agree with you. >> all right. so, this lasagna would be, at minimum, at minimum, this portion right here, 850 calories, at minimum. do you understand? one dish of lasagna can be almost your entire caloric intake in a day. now, it is only -- david, you are a smart man. 388 calories. >> good job. >> nice job. >> 1-1. >> you owe me five bucks. the next thing on the menu for today, peanut butter and jelly cookies. why? why not?

i figured out how to make them. they're delicious. these would normally be 397 calories. they're only 55 calories. and these are -- these are red velvet brownie squares. normally 263 calories. only -- only -- >> you did. you had the green one. turn it. >> 106 calories. nice job. >> robin does it again. >> i think robin won. >> we all are winners here. as you're saying, this is something you eat all day long. >> this is one day's worth of food on my diet. 1,273 calories. >> that's a lot of food. you're not going to go hungry and lose weight in the process. >> that's exactly right. >> can you come back and tell us this every day? >> we want you to make these dishes in your kitchen. go to abcnews.com/gma, to get all the recipes. plus, a bonus recipe for rocco's yummy apple pie. >> that's right. >> is that on my diet, too? i love that. these two kittens go high-tech. the latest and greatest gadgets for your pet. come on back. thanks, rocco.ititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititvv

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this poor little kitty's heart's pounding. this poor, little kitty's heart's pounding. but it's going to be okay. "good morning america" back with this year's global pet expo, one of the biggest. the biggest ever. so many innovative products are about to hit your home. "gma," dr. marty becker, veterinarian extraordinaire. this is one that caught our eye when we came in. the notion that you can spy on your pet. >> this is the nanny cam for pets. it's called the ianimal. it weighs one ounce, it fits on your dog or cat's collar. you'll get a look at what their world is like. where are they sleeping? maybe another cat is beating up on it. and they're having an accident. it's a really great product. >> what's the wildest thing you've seen on one of the cameras? >> you and i are going to shake

hands. pets greet each other a little differently. >> this is a morning program. next on the list is an i.d. tag. this is actually very usable. >> this is an amber alert for pets. it looks like an ordinary pet tag. but there's an 800-number on the other side. if your pet is lost, they call the 800-number. it contacts you up to six ways. cell phone, home phone, business phone, e-mail, text message, if your pet is lost. it sends an alert to every veterinarian and shelter in a 50-mile radius to let them know your pet is lost. >> i was so nervous about the kitten i put down in the beginning of the segment, where did they go? >> to eat. >> food. >> cats are predators by nature. but rather than just putting the food in a bowl, make it like a job. you put the food in the top here. the cat knocks it around. it goes through the ports. the little smarty, making it more difficult. you have to knock the food down for it. it ends up in the bowl here. >> gives them something to do when you're away. i love this. this is almost hard to believe. but am i looking at a treadmill for pups?

>> we have to get this thing turned on here. >> this is the pet run 700. this is a treadmill for dogs. if i can get it to start up here. the pet run 600 -- let's take a dog that's overweight or obese, or you're living inside where there's a lot of snow in the wintertime. you live in an upper east side apartment. you're elderly, and you can't exercise your pet. you put them on the treadmill. >> did he pull the plug? >> he must have pulled the plug on the darn thing. we had it returning here earlier, it was working good. >> what's next? >> you want to keep pets off the furniture. the solution before, was to put aluminum foil on there. or get carpet runners tacky side up. this is a great product. $19.99. it's the wool buddy blanket. this is what you leave on during the day. when you get home -- you have it over here. and you turn it over. >> what's that noise? >> they don't like that sound. actually, putting it in a doorway to keep the pets from

going into a room you don't want them to go into. the living room or the kitchen. >> this looks like something from "there's something about marry." where she lays out. >> it could be, yeah. >> we should mention all the pets we have here are up for adoption? >> yeah. like matty is here. got her teeth cleaned. our beautiful jana, on the treadmill. and our cats. >> and very good shape. on this treadmill all morning long. that might be why the treadmill gave out instead of the dog. >> think about the pugs, they have difficulty breathing in hot weather. this might be a perfect example for a dog that needs exercise that can't be out in the hot weather in the summer. >> we want to thank you the humane society of new york. give these cats and dogs a home, if you would. abcnews.com for much more. we'll be back, on "gma.

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how many items are you up to? how many glasses of wine? let's cut to the chase. >> we have to thank rocco for

this. this is his new book, "now eat this diet." it was amazing to see all that food and know you can consume that in one day. and still lose weight. >> and rocco looks great. >> rocco's amazing. i don't know where he went. >> there's a shot of rocco. >> from rocco, to jana the dog. we want to prove that treadmill works. jana, still going at it. still going at it.

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